Mission Reports – Page 362

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Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch grounded to fix nagging technical issue

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab will bypass its current launch window to resolve a recurring problem with a motor controller on the company’s light-class Electron rocket, likely postponing its first commercial satellite launch at least a few weeks.

Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 15th space station resupply mission

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Friday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,900 pounds of supplies and experiments.

Commercial SpaceX cargo capsule readied for launch Friday

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship, primarily using previously-flown hardware, are scheduled for liftoff before dawn Friday at Cape Canaveral on SpaceX’s 15th cargo launch to the International Space Station under contract to NASA.

Japanese spacecraft reaches asteroid after three-and-a-half-year journey

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

Japan’s robotic Hayabusa 2 spacecraft arrived Wednesday at asteroid Ryugu, a diamond-shaped object more than a half-mile wide where the probe will attempt a brief landing later this year to collect rock specimens for return to Earth.

Live coverage: SpaceX supply ship arrives at space station

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX-owned Dragon supply ship packed with nearly three tons of cargo arrived at the International Space Station on Monday after a three-day trip from Cape Canaveral. The station’s robotic arm grappled the cargo capsule at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 GMT).

Chinese rocket lifts off with two tech demo satellites

June 27, 2018 Stephen Clark

Two Chinese spacecraft designed to test inter-satellite network and Earth observation technologies launched Wednesday on top of a Long March 2C booster.

Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch scrubbed again

June 27, 2018 Stephen Clark

The liftoff of a Rocket Lab Electron booster from New Zealand with five U.S.- and German-built nanosatellites was grounded Tuesday, U.S. time, after engineers identified a problem with a motor controller on the two-stage launcher.

Space junk clean-up demonstrator deployed from space station

June 26, 2018 Stephen Clark

A small satellite assembled in Britain has been released from the International Space Station, commencing a standalone mission to test technology and techniques that could be used to capture and de-orbit space junk in low Earth orbit.

SpaceX test-fires reused rocket in preparation for space station cargo mission

June 23, 2018 Stephen Clark

A rocket booster SpaceX used to launch a planet-hunting NASA observatory two months ago fired again Saturday at Cape Canaveral, clearing a major pre-flight checkout before blastoff June 29 with a space station supply ship.

Ground antenna problem scrubs Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch

June 23, 2018 Stephen Clark

Problems with a downrange tracking station kept Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher on the ground in New Zealand Friday, U.S. time, and the company ordered a two-day delay to resolve the issues and wait for improved weather. Rocket Lab pushed back the launch again to Tuesday because of unfavorable weather.